WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20243, 1 May 1929, Page 16

WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

FOR PROTECTION.

INCREASE IN ACTIVITIES. w The annual meeting of the Auckland 'branch of the Society for the Protection / of Women and Children was held in St. Paul's parish hall last evening, Mr. A. -;. J. Strctford. presiding. Tho report of the committee stated that it was considered the conditions in the .city during tho past 12 months had been . responsible for. a considerable increase in "the work of'the society. During the year 469, new cases had been dealt with. Matri- . inonial troubles were the most numerous. Of the 459 cases. 107 were sent to tho "society's solicitor. The inspector had '■paid 345 Visits to homes and attended the Magistrate's Court on 59 occasions. The secretary, Miss N. L.' Dash, the inspector, Mrs./M. Parsons, and the collector, Mrs. TJ. Travis, had resigned. Mrs. Bates had/taken up the position of collector and Mrs. Mol'esworth that of in- • Spectoi'. position of secretary had : not' yet been filled:; The work of the society -was ■ limited by the comparative smallness of its income. In spite of economy the expenses -during the year had « v xcoedod the income, 1 .-reducing the small bank, balance with . ,Which the year was begun. . Net income ' '%as £796 16s Bd, and net expenditure! v r?£858" 6s' 2d. "At the close of" business an !,!»4dress, dealing with the proposal for . (.lomestic Courts and other matters, was jgjvcn by Mr.. E. C. .Cutten,.. S.M. "Officers .were elected as follows:—President, Mr.' A. J. Stratford; .vie'e-presi-ijents, Rev. G.'Bond, Rev. C. A. B. Wat'son, Archdeacon J I,' F.' Ilolbrook, Rev. T). D. Scott', Rev. Lionel Fletcher, Rabbi >S. A. Goldstein, Mrs. Preston Chambers, 'Miss:K; Melville, Mr. J. J. O'Brien, Dr. vPurclias, Rev. W. Jellie,"Mrs. Simpson; ' Executive committee, Rev.'P. S. Smallfield, Dv. R. M. Beattie, Mrs. G. Cruick--iiihank, Mre.y R. 6. Coats, Mrs. A. Devore, .. Mrs. Preston Chambers, Mr. D. DonaldZson -Mr. , R>, T. Michaels, Mrs. Leeper, ..Miss I\. Wilding, Miss S. E. Jackson, Hannah, .Mr. J. J. O'Brien, Mrs. .F." Turner, Major A. Gordon, Mr. W. Jackson, Mrs. .Turtill; advisory solicitor, TMr. R. E. N.. Matthews.